a few quick snaps of the rear quarters cut off and the plates being tacked on
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a few little dents sanded. then i beat them out as best i could and...
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a few quick snaps of the rear quarters cut off and the plates being tacked on
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a few little dents sanded. then i beat them out as best i could and...
if it's a GQ then it's more likely cracked than not. i phoned andrew at Big-O 4x4. it was about $110 delivered i think from memory
so as i mentioned progress has slowed down alot. but hasn't completely stopped
these photo's show where the front clip had separated from the cab below the windscreen
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welded...
hey fella's sorry about the late reply, have been flat out lately, and the mrs car sh!t itself so that's taken a bit of my spare time too (who'd buy a cruiser, honestly)
I have done a little bit...
thanks mate :) i'm just looking forward to it being finished
even though the picture doesn't show it the best, i scrubbed the floor with sugar soap and got all the crap off it, after it dries i'll wipe it over with prepsol ready for paint.
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so this turned up with a courier yesterday :)
it's 12sq meters of butyl rubber (doing the firewall, roof, floor and doors), 8sq meters of dense foam underlay, (firewall and floor under carpet),...
great minds think alike, that's the plan. i'll coat everywhere in fish oil that i can't paint and hopefully it will stay rust free :)
so time to bolt the cab down firm, new bolts of course and nice big washers. the rear two had done what they all do and split the nuts out of their captive housings and the factory hole isn't big...
correct it would still be there, but unfortunately not in the place where it is needed most on an obvious weak point in the chassis
haha yeah i know what you mean, that's why Painted it black so as to attract a little less attention. i think when the tow bar goes back on and I make a rear Bar for it the tank will fairly well...
thanks mate, you have to be quick when they come up that cheap, i got the one for my last GQ for $150 and this GU one for $200, both of gumtree and both in under an hour of them being posted up!!...
I wish it would have been that simple, it would have made making an exhaust pretty difficult, made a dog's breakfast of the fuel lines and where it mounts to the chassis is a main brace point so...
So i got the cab back down on the chassis..... again....
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Bolted the tank in, was a tight squeeze to get in there but it fits ok. lucky i have the 15mm body lift, being a GU tank...
Picked up a 150L long range tank for $200, Bargain!! it's for a GU though, i hope it fits :confused:
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Gave it a clean up and a bit of a paint
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So I got a little enthusiastic today and lifted the cab back off the chassis and welded in the rear upper control arm mount and gave it a paint, I'm 110% sure it'll be strong enough as i added extra...
time to make some longer rear upper arms now that I can see how much clearance i have around the body so I cut the old mount off....
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had a bit of a measure and cut up the...
there was six cracks in the lower side of the front clip so I ran through them with a cutting disc and welded them up while i could easily get at them and also ran some weld down the sides where the...
there wasn't much else to unbolt so i wheeled it into the shed and lifted the cab up. i'm sure there would have been a much better way of doing this even without a hoist
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next i turned to the cab and removed all the doors, pannels and glass, all the dash, wiring, heater and air con (which the cores were full of 23 years of dirt and junk)
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I finished painting the rest of the chassis
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fitted the bolt in rear dropout cones and the coil tower brace top plate
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then i though I might get a little...
well it has been a fair while since i have updated this so i guess i better post up some more, after all this thread is pretty much my "how to" for reassembly when the time comes.
i was...
sorry peter, at this stage i'm going to wait until i finish the build before i start selling bits and pieces, never know what will be needed down the track
nah she won't stay reliable, i'll give some life to the old diesel, down the track a bit, when it's finished this car will be here for a good time, not a long time :)
thanks mate, it keeps me occupied :)
yeah i'm on the hunt for a GU front and steering box to match, this one came up for a few hundred bucks, couldn't say no